| Heading: |
Winter Fuel Payment |
| Question ID: |
1812712 |
| UIN: |
59920 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5066 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Steve Darling
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Steve Darling
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who will exceed the £35,000 income threshold for receiving the Winter Fuel Payment, in each year from 2025 to 2030; and what estimate she has made of the annual |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4621 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Darren Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
darrenpjones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpjones
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| Answer text: |
On 9 June the Government announced that, from this winter 2025-26, Winter Fuel Payment eligibility will be expanded in England and Wales. Pensioners with incomes below or equal to £35,000 will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment. This will mean that the va... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |